Obama is surging ahead in the polls.

 I will gladly offer you credit tomorrow for a handout today.

The fact of the matter is, Obama is not so much surging ahead in the polls, as John McCain is falling in the polls. He is falling in the polls because he has failed not only his base in the $700 billion give away to Wall Street, but also a large number of Independents who also are opposed to the bailout.

Just think how much better it would have been for McCain's presidential efforts if he had left the campaign trail and raced back to Washington to oppose the bailout, or at least fight to slow it down, and to fight to rid the ultimate bill of its raising ear-marks and special-interests political backroom dealings that are now surrounding this legislation.  He could have emerged as the champion of the taxpayer, beyond what any Democrat operative could have possibly asserted. He could have emerged as the only leader in this crisis.  But what did he do? He raced back to Washington to prove himself just another socialist senator, with no new ideas, no leadership other than to simply following the script.

        Yes, my friends, we need to give Wall Street all of your hard earned tax dollars, 'cause if we don't...well, where will all my campaign contributions come from?

John McCain is falling in the polls because he has failed to support his own constituency, and they, in turn, are failing to support him. It's just that simple.

Because of this failure, and if this bailout succeeds, I don't see how McCain can win this election.

ex animo

davidfarrar